Training Center of Ukrainian Ground Forces

Ukrainian soldier during military training with Georgian, Israeli and US officers in 'Patriot' training center in Kyiv.

Children from Vozdvizhenka village, Donetsk region. During the war, their village several times was under the control of DNR and Ukraine army.

Galina Matviyevna, 81, has a blind and deaf-born dog and a goat who lives with her in the house. Luhanske, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine.

Ukrainian leadership academy training on the Russian-Ukrainian border. Oleksii Oleksiuk, ATO veteran and head of the Ukrainian leadership academy in Poltava, checks the positions before training.

Volunteers and reserve soldiers walking up to canteen for lunch at training center 'Patriot', Kyiv, Ukraine.

Sergey Bykov has 35 pigeons of different breeds. He says that spending time with birds he loves the most. Luhanske, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine.

Oleksandr Tarasiuk, ATO veteran, stands at his apartment in Irpin, Kyiv region, Ukraine. Oleksandr lost his left leg in 2014 after 3 months of the fighting near Kostiantynivka and Debaltseve.

Yana Synytsia wears virtual reality glasses in a village club in Kryva Luka in Donetsk region, ATO zone, Ukraine. Yana is a refugee from Donetsk.

Toretsk central hospital is situated near the front line in ATO area. Ukrainian militaries is located here and people from DNR get treatment at the hospital too.

Ukrainian soldier, a hero from 95th airborne brigade, is testing his future hand during Ukraine Prosthetic Assistance Project. He saved the life of six colleagues throwing pro-Russian grenade out of their armored vehicle but lost wrist.

A man shows bullets and shrapnel he collected in his courtyard after firing, Leninskoye village, Donetsk region, Ukraine.

People who live near front line still feel unsafe during the truce in Toretsk district, Donetsk region, Ukraine. They often can hear the sounds of shots, some of them cry for the relatives who were killed, some of them have the ruins instead of their houses, but they try to go ahead. Citizens of the area have got used for the situation. They don’t want to go somewhere else and haven’t place to go as they say. They sell everything for getting money because most of the people can’t find a job. The problems with light and water haven't forced them to change their mind to stay here and wait for the real truce.

Malanka celebration in Bukovinian villages. Participants sit in front of a cemetery with fresh graves of Ukrainian soldiers.

The inhabitants of the village call this monument 'Our Mother'. Not far from the memorial a child was killed during the bombing. Luhanske, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine.